1802 ~ 1807: born in Edo. His father Hamazaki Ch˘kichi is a dekata
at the shibai jaya Izumiya, located in the Ichimuraza.
His mother is the daughter of a farmer living in the district of Kameido.
He becomes a disciple of Sawamura Gennosuke I, who adopts him a few years later.

11th lunar month of 1807: first stage appearance at the Ichimuraza, where he receives the name of Sawamura Genpei I.

6th lunar month of 1821: Katsu Hy˘z˘ I's drama "Kachi Zum˘ Ukina no Hanabure", commonly called "Shirafuji Genta", is
revived for the first time, 11 years and 3 months after its premiere in Edo, in Ky˘to at the Kitagawa no Shibai;
Gennosuke plays the role of Tomihachi [casting].

9th lunar month of 1853: Takasuke plays in Nagoya at the Tachibana no Shibai but
suddenly falls ill. He goes back to Edo but can't recover and dies in the 11th lunar month.

Comments:

Suketakaya Takasuke III was an outstanding tachiyaku, who covered himself in glory in both Edo and the Kamigata theaters.
When he was young, he received the patronage of stars like Onoe Kikugor˘ III or Matsumoto K˘shir˘ V, who wanted to make an actor of him. He
made a dazzling career, reaching the j˘-j˘-kichi and dai-j˘-j˘-kichi ranks in 1830 and 1848.
The wajitsu roles were his forte. He was also able to
play onnagata roles and had the reputation to be an excellent dancer,
a refined poet and a master of tea ceremony.

"The fifth Sawamura S˘jűr˘ was the son of a servant in a chaya of the
Ichimuraza, and his mother was the daughter of a farmer
living at Kameido, a district famous for its wisteria garden. He seems to have been a
pet of all the actors, and became a pupil of the fourth S˘jűr˘,
who died at the age of 21. The third Onoe Kikugor˘ said he would make an
actor of him. Matsumoto K˘shir˘ also lent him his patronage,
and took him to ďsaka where he remained to study. S˘jűr˘, the fifth, had four daughters,
and two sons, one of whom, the third Tanosuke, became a star of the Meiji period."
(ZoŰ Kincaid in "Kabuki, the Popular Stage of Japan")